Saturday, September 28, 2013

Obituary of an Abusive Mother

This obituary was posted in the Reno Gazette Journal on September 11, 2013 but was quickly removed.  The article has gone viral and several news agencies have done follow up reports.  After reading it, my first thought was that this was an evil woman, not just abusive, but evil.  She apparently went out of your way to cause hurt and pain well beyond that of abuse.  


Some of the kids who come to our Camps and Clubs have only arrived in the Foster care system because their parents died and there was no one to care for them. But some kids have literally been through hellish situations and their depth of pain and suffering can barely be believed.



Marianne Theresa Johnson-Reddick born Jan 4, 1935 and died alone on Aug. 30, 2013. She is survived by her 6 of 8 children whom she spent her lifetime torturing in every way possible. While she neglected and abused her small children, she refused to allow anyone else to care or show compassion towards them. When they became adults she stalked and tortured anyone they dared to love. Everyone she met, adult or child was tortured by her cruelty and exposure to violence, criminal activity, vulgarity, and hatred of the gentle or kind human spirit.On behalf of her children whom she so abrasively exposed to her evil and violent life, we celebrate her passing from this earth and hope she lives in the after-life reliving each gesture of violence, cruelty, and shame that she delivered on her children. Her surviving children will now live the rest of their lives with the peace of knowing their nightmare finally has some form of closure.
Most of us have found peace in helping those who have been exposed to child abuse and hope this message of her final passing can revive our message that abusing children is unforgiveable, shameless, and should not be tolerated in a "humane society." Our greatest wish now, is to stimulate a national movement that mandates a purposeful and dedicated war against child abuse in the United States of America.



Read more: http://www.upi.com/blog/2013/09/12/Scathing-obituary-goes-viral-describes-abusive-violent-mother/4061379031519/#ixzz2gFqzeQ8V



Here are some additional links about the story-

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/13/marianne-theresa-johnson-reddick-obit_n_3921058.html

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/09/12/scathing-obituary-about-abusive-nv-mother-goes-viral-after-appearing-in-reno/

What Motivates You?

Different things motivate different people of course, but according to this creative video clip (10 min. long) there's some interesting research to think about.  Produced by RSA Animate.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc